Tracing Herpes Through Time: 4,000 Years of Kisses and Contagion
Herpes is one of humanity’s oldest and most misunderstood infections. Long before microscopes or modern medicine, this stubborn virus quietly traveled through centuries of intimacy, trade, and migration. Archaeological evidence and modern genetics reveal that Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV) has been part of our biological and social history for more than 4,000 years — tracing […]
